The Push for Grown-Up 'Squeezies'

By

Sarah Nassauer

Feb. 12, 2013 7:07 p.m. ET

Has the day arrived when it is socially acceptable for an adult to eat by sucking a pouch of puréed food?

Packets filled with fruit and vegetable purée have become a hit with babies, toddlers and kids in the past few years. Now pouch makers are marketing them as a way for adults to snack on the go, while in the car or working out.

Known to parents as "squeezies" or "tubes," the pouches have a hard plastic...